Comments on: Beck: Deniers conference is like ‘2nd coming of Jesus.’

By: Dino

Dino — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:50:25 +0000

He did what he was paid to do I don’t like him and i have no idea how we elected him twice

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:52:21 +0000

Anyone else old enough to remember when one of the Beatles remarked on the irony that more people had heard them than had heard Jesus (followed by massive record burnings, etc. Even though Lenon was philosophically oriented and remarking on the irony of it all).

Now Beck is comparing the No-Global Warming conference to Jesus. When do we get to start burning Beck and Faux News in effigy ?

By: toasterhead

toasterhead — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:55:42 +0000

Wallace claims that if Obama wonâ€™t be interviewed on Fox -
â€œif he canâ€™t face FOX, how can he face Ahmadinejad?â€ – also implying that Fox IS the enemy.

Comment by Marie â€” March 3, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

I’d pick Ahmedinejad over O’Reilly any day. Somehow I don’t see Mahmoud abruptly ending peace talks by telling President Obama to shut up or having his producers cut President Obama’s microphone or calling him a Nazi.

Hospitality is very important in Persian culture. Fox culture not so much.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:07:28 +0000

Heartland Institute’s major meeting is in NEW YORK CITY?! NYC is not part of our glorious Heartland. It’s on the coast! Bunch of elitists on the Upper East Side with white wine and Volvos!

What exactly is the Heartland Institute, anyway? I know Exxon is the largest funder of The Hoover Institute. I know Exxon has about $40 Billion per year in spending money.

By: Dirty Hippie

Dirty Hippie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:24:29 +0000

Your check is in the mail, Glenn. And they won’t publish those pictures of you with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and a sheep.

By: sectionop92

sectionop92 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:15:43 +0000

Beck thinks that voice inside his head needs to be spoken aloud each and every day. Much to the dismay of his nation, religion and just about anyone with practical, common and ethical stances…he makes Yosemite Sam look like a rank-and-file member of the Sierra Club.

Can’t wait until Glenn comes to San Diego and does his show from the border. Not only do we have pissed off Latinos, we also have quite the Arab and Muslim community which I hope will go down and show Glenn that we don’t want him here. Because it’s already hard enough to get across the border on a daily basis. We don’t need angry white guys congregating and then crossing the border to get some tail. It’s always the moralists that clog the Tijuana strip clubs and I think Glenn needs to get laid!

By: Bluestocking

Bluestocking — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:42:05 +0000

Perhaps it’s a little arrogant of me to speak on behalf of Jesus of Nazareth…but at least to my way of thinking, Beck’s comment goes far beyond insulting (and not just to Jesus, but to Christians in general) almost to the point of being a desecration.

By: Sabyen91

Sabyen91 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:30:04 +0000

Xisithrus. I would like to see a study on that. I doubt that global cooling would be worse on crops than global warming.

By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:21:18 +0000

Global cooling would be worse than global warming to crops and would result in even higher need for oil which would further raise oil prices.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:25:22 +0000

Beck says the “press” won’t cover it, implying that Fox is not the press.
Wallace claims that if Obama won’t be interviewed on Fox –
“if he canâ€™t face FOX, how can he face Ahmadinejad?â€ – also implying that Fox IS the enemy.

So their own words have betrayed them – they are not the “press” and they are the “enemy.”

By: sectionop92

sectionop92 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:04:03 +0000

Glenn needs to talk with his daughter on how to ignore science unless it’s funded through the neo-con government or church they believe in, if she’s going to be a teacher. Can’t be a teacher if you ask questions or draw conclusions based on facts that might not support what you believe in. Daddy Glenn will lock you in the box for that kind of thinking in the summer home in the Utah badlands, while seeking “moral clarity” with a girl with the initials D.P.

By: Merlin

Merlin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:03:07 +0000

Comment by good_golly â€” March 3, 2008 @ 9:45 pm

This canâ€™t be the second coming of Jesus. Obama already has that covered.

Another brilliant observation, GG! Your McBush will be blinded by the light of Obama in November.

You know its a good thing you have anonymity and can change your handle easily. Means you won’t have to own up to all you have said when reality finally sets in.

By: galmud

galmud — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:50:42 +0000

The fact that there are 2 opposing viewpoints about an issue does NOT make them of equal value. Itâ€™s like the very common case where the press assumes that because group A vehemently claims X, and group B vehemently denies X, that the â€œtruthâ€ must somehow be in the middle. The fact is that sometimes folks are just plain WRONG. Giving â€œequal time to nutjobsâ€ is a prime example of FARK (www.fark.com).

Comment by zathrus â€” March 3, 2008 @ 8:24 pm

Yep media portrays each “side” as equally valid but opposite extreme ends of the spectrum.

And so when someone like Bjorn Lomborg “the sceptical environmentalist” comes along his ideas seems very reasonable (that is climate-change is real but we shoudnt worry because its not that bad and we cant do much about it anyway so lets just adapt and focus on more important things) because hes in the middle of the portrayed “extremes”.

But in reality neither Lomborg or the denialists are reasonable at all. Their facts and arguments are flat out wrong and not supported by science, which is what media should be focusing on. Not debates between clowns and professionals.

By: blue state bob

blue state bob — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:26:16 +0000

I live in New York, maybe I can go over and throw snowballs at them…..wait it was 55 degrees today. Never mind.

Beck really needs to back away from the bar and head the other way.

By: zathrus

zathrus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:24:51 +0000

It’s just like how the press never seems to cover all those events when the “Flat Earthers” get together, or the “astronauts” assemble to reminisce over how they pulled a fast one back in 1969.

The fact that there are 2 opposing viewpoints about an issue does NOT make them of equal value. It’s like the very common case where the press assumes that because group A vehemently claims X, and group B vehemently denies X, that the “truth” must somehow be in the middle. The fact is that sometimes folks are just plain WRONG. Giving “equal time to nutjobs” is a prime example of FARK (www.fark.com).

By: Merlin

Merlin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:16:21 +0000

If Christ REALLY comes back, arenâ€™t things supposed to get pretty hot around here?
Seems like Iâ€™m always seeing pictures of Kirk Cameron in a fiery hell on the cover of them â€˜Left Behindâ€™ moviesâ€¦

Comment by belac â€” March 3, 2008 @ 8:06 pm

I’m no expert on religion (being a Secular Humanist) but I seem to remember that Armageddon, the battle between good and evil, with all the horrors that will bring, happens before the second coming of Christ. Whether it will be hot depends on whether BushCo uses napalm.

By: belac

belac — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:06:43 +0000

Comment by Bobwurst â€” March 3, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

If Christ REALLY comes back, aren’t things supposed to get pretty hot around here?
Seems like I’m always seeing pictures of Kirk Cameron in a fiery hell on the cover of them ‘Left Behind’ movies…

By: belac

belac — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:00:49 +0000

… although I will admit that I too thought the major was a lady sufferagette…

By: Bobwurst

Bobwurst — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:00:06 +0000

When Christ comes back, I’ll deny global warming. Until then, I’ll listen to the scientists.

By: belac

belac — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:58:52 +0000

Comment by Bobwurst â€” March 3, 2008 @ 7:57 pm

It does lead to some confusion…